S.W.B. Folsom

Congratulations to @zachota.bsky.social on his selection to command 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines — “The Professionals.”
Bravo Zulu, and well-deserved!

The Man From Another Place awaits you.

If we’re going with tactical terms, you could say he destroyed himself.

I hope you didn’t drive through the Tenderloin; I felt safer in Anbar and Helmand.

Seen in the wild

Congratulations, America… here’s what some of our closest allies think of us.

His discussion about the staff’s high turnover rate is just as timely right now. An organization without appropriate key leader continuity will always be challenged to get the ball across the goal line.

Ozzy Osbourne, the original rock & roll rebel, is gone. He sang about good & evil, struggles w/fame & substance abuse, & his eternal wait for darkness. He also sang about & loved his family. Godspeed, Ozzy, on your journey to the center of eternity; we love you & we’ll see you on the other side.

I wept when the news broke. I saw him live in 1986; life-changing event.

Ozzy Osbourne, the original rock & roll rebel, is gone. He sang about good & evil, struggles w/fame & substance abuse, & his eternal wait for darkness. He also sang about & loved his family. Godspeed, Ozzy, on your journey to the center of eternity; we love you & we’ll see you on the other side.

I think I may just stay in the UK instead of returning to this stupidity.

Saw this masterpiece in person today at the National Gallery, and all I could think about was the “Painfotainment” episode of Hardcore History by @dancarlin.bsky.social

I feel this.

Special attention was paid to the R-rated movies scheduled for weekend nights.

I’ve found my new calling: Cat Wrangler.

Look at this sweet bastard.

One of my life’s regrets will be that I never saw Black Sabbath live. I can only say that I wish I had been in Birmingham for this historic event.

Trust me, I’m just happy someone is still reading my stuff.

It’s always humbling when something you wrote ends up on someone’s ‘favorite Books of the Year’ list, but to paraphrase @stephenking.bsky.social , there’s something a little depressing about people saying you did your best work 20 years ago.

Honored!

This is — in a word — despicable.

Been thinking about you since your announcement… I hope we run into each other in Montana one day.

This story by @radiofreetom.bsky.social is the most important thing you will read today. @queenofthinair.bsky.social is a model for what everyone should be doing now more than ever: Standing up for what is right, even if you’re standing alone.

The number of people who either don’t know or have conveniently forgotten that the United States helped overthrow Iran’s democratically elected government in 1953 really says something.

With all these forks and knives lying around, something’s gonna get cut.

Count on it. And god help us all after that.

Welp, it was a good run.

Even weirder

If you want to hear from the real subject matter expert on Iran, read, listen, and watch everything @valinasr.bsky.social posts. Full stop.